Manuel Sosa

Solfège, Dictation

Manuel Sosa is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where he received B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. degrees in composition under the guidance of Stephen Albert, Robert Beaser, and David Diamond. He has also studied composition with Joseph Castaldo, Jacob Druckman, Earl Kim, Jacques-Louis Monod, and Bruce Saylor; and participated in composition seminars with Mark Andrè, Beat Furrer, Georg Friedrich Haas, Karel Husa, Adriana Hölszky, and Helmut Lachenmann. He has studied harmony with Mary A. Cox, conducting with Jacques-Louis Monod, and Afro-Caribbean percussion with Jerry González.

Dr. Sosa’s orchestral and chamber music works have been performed in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He has also collaborated with painters, dancers, and sculptors in the creation of multi-media environments. His scholarly work concentrates on the art and music of South America, and his writings have been published in Europe and South America.

Manuel Sosa has received fellowships from Meet the Composer, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the John S. Guggenheim Foundation, and the Corporation of Yaddo. He serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division, and he also teaches at Fordham University. He joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2017.